Best Friends

  I am grateful today.  I felt prompted to call my friend Morgan Johnson, which is funny, because when I called her, I just wanted to make her feel good.  It's her birthday, after all.  What ended up happening was she asked me about the things I cared most about and she extracted my problems from my mind!  Then she proceeded to talk me out of worrying about them and made me feel super good about myself.  She's a great friend who I haven't talked to in forever.  Sometimes you can't appreciate things fully unless you live without them for a while.
  I don't have many friends, but I have the best ones.

Kill Shot

Ok not really.  We did go shooting today though.  For family home evening, we went out of Rexburg and shot some heavy guns.  I shot this huge shot gun that almost knocked me over; actually I was impressed at how well I stood my ground.  My roommate Kelsey, however, didn't do so hot at standing still.
Sadly, Erin could not be with us tonight.
At the end, we had a bonfire, told mission stories, and ate hot dogs and smores.  It was a great evening.

Gini owning the AR-15

Cathy-her dad is a cop-who knows how to shoot a gun but isn't featured with one here

Kayla also rocks

Kelsey gone gangsta

I am shooting a SHOT GUN, and I did awesome.

Most of the boys are in this picture: Jose, someone behind Kayla, James, Chris, Kelsey, John, and Gini

Queens of the Foothills

Last night, my roommates Gini Bond and Katelyn Bair and I went to a cabin as a former-roommates' retreat.  It was a sweet experience.  We laughed and caught up with each other, cooked with each other, watched John Wayne together; then today we drove to Mesa Falls and just drank nature in through our every sense.  It was really a release.

Upper Mesa Falls

Making enchiladas (Gini) and cutting a surprise pineapple (Katelyn) that someone left at the cabin!

The beautiful Idaho wilderness

When I'm Not Blogging...

It's usually because I am incredibly busy or have no access to a computer or both.  In this case, it's the last.  In the past couple of weeks, I have left Alaska, been to Ohio, driven across the country, stopped in Nebraska, stopped in Utah, and moved in to my apartment in Rexburg.  It's been so busy, and coinciding with that busyness, I've felt an abundance of love.  I should have been anxious, but all I've experienced is joy and peace.
Since I've arrived, I met my roommates, gone shopping for groceries, and today, I bought a computer.   This expenditure was very unexpected.  I'm posting from my new laptop.  It's a Toshiba.  I had the help of my dad and my savvy roommate, Gini Bond.  I'm so grateful for them!  If I didn't have that help, I probably wouldn't have been able to choose one so quickly.  I learned that it's best to not buy anything just because it meets the most basic needs.  It must also fill some of your wants.  If not, it will not be used enough to make up for the little money you did spend.  It's an investment, and investments have to make you happy.  Like marriage!  I think I will love my computer, partially because it's quality, and partially because it's mine.  This is a principle I must remember.  Who would have thought that buying a computer would have taught me so much?  Growing up definitely isn't the funnest thing in the world but it certainly is rewarding.  You get what you pay for. C: